Canadian Newfoundland Premier to Get Heart Surgery in U.S.

Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams will undergo heart surgery later this week in the United States.

Deputy premier Kathy Dunderdale confirmed the treatment at a news conference Tuesday, but would not reveal the location of the operation or how it would be paid for.

“He has gone to a renowned expert in the procedure that he needs to have done,” said Ms. Dunderdale, who will become acting premier while Mr. Williams is away for three to 12 weeks.

“In consultation with his own doctors, he’s decided to go that route.”

Mr. Williams’ decision to leave Canada for the surgery has raised eyebrows over his apparent shunning of Canada’s health-care system.

“It was never an option offered to him to have this procedure done in this province,” said Ms. Dunderdale, refusing to answer whether the procedure could be done elsewhere in Canada.
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2510700

Gee, I wonder why.  And I thought Canada’s socialized medicine was superior to America’s.

Just think, Obama and his merry band of socialist cretins are trying to turn our heath care system into a Euro/Canadian clone.

It’s nice to know that even the elites north of the border have to go elsewhere for treatment.